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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:58 NLT
“Tell me about your father, young man,” Saul said. And David replied, “His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.”
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:57 NLT
As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:55 NLT
As Saul watched David go out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “I really don’t know,” Abner declared.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:54 NLT
(David took the Philistine’s head to Jerusalem, but he stored the man’s armor in his own tent.)
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:51 NLT
Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. Israel Routs the Philistines When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:50 NLT
So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:49 NLT
Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:48 NLT
As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:47 NLT
And everyone assembled here will know that the LORD rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the LORD’s battle, and he will give you to us!”
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:45-46 NLT
David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:44 NLT
“Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:43 NLT
“Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:41 NLT
Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:40 NLT
He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:39 NLT
David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before. “I can’t go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off again.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:38 NLT
Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:34-35 NLT
But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:29 NLT
“What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”
Mar 5
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:25 NLT
“Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!”
Mar 5